Space Rocket History #116 – Apollo: Little Joe II
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Space Rocket History #116 – Apollo: Little Joe II

2019-02-04

A few seconds after liftoff, a fin-vane at the base of the booster stuck and started the 13-meter-tall spacecraft-booster combination spinning like a bullet. Twenty-six seconds into the flight the vehicle started coming apart. The abort-sensing system signaled the launch escape tower rocket to fire and pull the spacecraft away…

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